How do we share our lives with others? We can at times become focused or besieged by the demands of the Christian life which confront us. Modern technology can reveal to us many good works and charitable endeavors which are all worthwhile. Like Therese of Lisieux we can want it all because we see the tremendous good which eventuates from people’s selfless actions. Yet this is not the primary call that is placed on each person’s heart. We do need a Christian community which produces tangible fruits, but we also are called to recognize that we are co-dependent upon each other. No one person has all the knowledge or all the gifts, we are called into a living relationship which shares our lives and our gifts with each other. In this giving and receiving, we realize a God who forms us into a community where all gifts of the spirit need to be present. Discipleship is not about personal advancement but a profound sharing of what has been entrusted to us for the good of all. When we hold on too tightly to the gifts we have been given, we diminish not only ourselves but also the whole community with whom we are called to share these gifts. Our lives are never just our own but how people discover the God who calls us to be present to others.
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